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1778. Sittings. [Friday] April 3.

of 2d. G. 2d. Ch. 24. allowing mutual Debts to be sett-off. And Chambers being of the same opinion further Evidence on this Head was refused to be admitted.
An Hindoo who was Witness for the Defendant, both Chambers and I, agreed in opinion, was certainly guilty of Wilful Perjury, and had prevaricated and contradicted himself. We therefore committed him to Prison for the Contempt in that prevarication. We agreed the rather to do this because we doubted whether he could be convicted of Perjury on his Deposition as it related cheifly to the Wages which we were of opinion was not admissible on this action. Call’d Gunga Narain Sircar.
I think the Commitment was right, but I do not know how it is justifiable if the Doctrine be true, which was first breeched by Impey & Chambers in the fourth Term 1777 to countenance their illegal act of turning Mr. Uvedale out of possession of His Office of Clerk of the Crown to which he was, as I say, duly appointed, at a Court holden August 26th 1777 before Impey, Lemaistre, and Hyde, at the House of Impey, adjourn’d from thence to the
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